The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 10, 1933, Page 3

| wt nn DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1933 Page Three S. P. School “Important Anti-Communist Conclave,” Says New York Times By ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG The Rand School of the Socialist Party is at present conducting a drive to raise a fund of $17,000. Not only has the capitalist press opened its pages for publicity to this drive, but it has printed leading articles endorsing the drive and joining the campaign to secure the called for sum. Can it be that there is some mis- take? Is it possible that the capi- talist press, usually wide-awake to its class interests, was taken in when | it offered its columns to a school purporting to: teach Socialism to workers? No: The capitalist press looked at the activity of the school, liked it, and went out to make a} collection for it. | N, ¥, Times Appeals for Rand School Take the N. Y. Times, for instance. It is the leading organ of the capi- talist class in this country, It is at present the leading organ of tie Roosevelt Administration. Under the heading “Rand* School Menaced,” it prints a fervent editorial appeal on | April 29 in its “Topics of the Times” | column announcing thet “A relief) drive is now on,” because “the Rand Schoot is in financial difficulties” | and that “the crisis involves the Rand School, its library and its book | store as well as. the Workers Thea- | tre and the Debs Auditorium,” The} Times is out to save even the Audi- | torium named after Gene Debs) whom it maligned, villified and per- secuted while ke was alive and led} the militant struggles of the Ameri-} van working" class. S$ Naturally gives the rea-| son for its endo: nt of the Rand | School from which workers, knowing | ‘he function.of this powerful organ of American imperialism, will draw he = ogical, .c ion: S the Time nion Square has Weccme so | closely associated with @ommunist activity that poopie cx Mkoly to | overlook the existence an im- | Jommunist conclave | every heart of fat region. | the Rand SchoW of Social | With affiliated; organiza- | ict Party and allied el- | ement:—A.T.) it is domiciled in | the Peoples’ House on 15th St. just | west_ of Union Sq. Any center of | Socialist activity is anfi-Commu- | nis‘ in the 'y real sonse that the | whole Socialist movement, and its | dscirine cf evolusionary social re-°| construction are anathema to the Commun'st tempor end. philoso- | phy.” | Ths Rand Echool is an anti-Com- | munis. center “in tie very real sense” | and as such it deserves the blessings | of the Times. But since blessings are | not enough, The Times gals upon those ih whee name it speaks to Ahelp swell the “sadly reduced in-/| come” of the “anti-Communist con- | gelave,” strategi€ally located in the Uvery heart of Union Sq. “so closely associated with Communist activity.”) Times Explains “Socialist Activity” What does the Times mean when | it says that “Socialist activity is an-| ti-Communist activity in the very| real sense”? ‘Int an editorial note on the German sithation (“The Welmat| Record”) published a few days later | (May 3) in the same coiumn, pennetl! probably by the same writer, we find the Times’ definition of “socialist ac- tivity” neatly stated In dealing with the role of the Social-Democratic Party since the 1918 revolution and the first government headed by the Social-Democrats (Ebert as Pres. Scheidemann as Chancellor, and Noske as Minister of Defense, etc.), | the Times declares: “The revolutionary regime which came into power after the Armis- tice was moderation itself; so much so that most outsiders have“ | Leader, official organ of the Social- | said it did not deserve to be called | a revolution. It did not proclaim class war, but on the contrary crushed, by force of arms, Commu- nist efforts to let loose class war. “The Marxians (read Social- Democrats—A.T.) did not set up a guillotine, They did not confiscate private property. They paid in- demnity to the former kings and princes. They retained the old im- perial flag as the commercial flag and tolerated its use in other fields. “The Marxians paid honor to the figures of the old regime like Hindenburg and Stressemann who were willing to be friends. They waged a patriotic campaign against the French in the Ruhr. They re- tained the old civil service person~ nel.” | | German Socialists Betray Workers | In other words, the Social-Demo- crats, although coming to power through the Revolution of the work- ers and soldiers who drove out the | Kaiser and established Workers and Soldiers Councils, did nothing to up- reot the old order, but on the con- trary, organized a most savage on- slaught on the masses who fought to consolidate the gains of the Revolu- tion. When under the leadership of the revolutionary Socialist organiza- tion, the Spartacus Bund—the fore- runner of the Communist Party—the masses came out into the streets to fight against counter-revolution which was raising its Head, the So- cial-Democratic, government with the aid of the Kaiser’s military cliquo end other dark elements whom it left unmolested, “crushed with force of arms the Communist efforts to let | loose class war,” as the Times testi- fies. “Letting loose class war” is the | Times’ way of saying that the revo- lutionary workers, led by the Com- munists, wished to carry the revolu- tion forward to accomplish precisely the things which the Times says the §.-D. Government would not do, so that no vestige of the capitalist or- der remained, just as the Bolsheviks | did in Russia following their revolu- tion a year earlier. It was the terror of Noske’s black legions and the massacre cf thousands of German revolutionary workers including their militant leaders, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg that made pos- sible the Weimar period of class col- | laboration, begun and maintained under the aegis of the Social-Demo- cratic Party, which served as a tran- | sition period to the present open Fascist rule of Hitler and Hinden-| ‘burg. The Times approves of the record of the German Socialists and credits the American Socialists with playing the same role of opposition to the revolutionary tasks of the American working class. (To Be Continued) | | | is now given the inadequate sum of | $2.50 a week. Even this was gained conspiracy of the rich to make the| | poor pay for unemployment relief. | | great spy NORMAN THON “,.. The most magnificent (hing about the crisis is the generosity of, the poor to the poor.” —NORMAN THOMAS. We reprint excerpts of a speech on ‘Block Aid’ by Norman Thomas, leading figure in the Socialist Party., head of the Socialist Party? This speech was made on Friday, : SH ae r gan spoke on the radio from his| March 25, 1932, over radio station J. Pierpont Morgan, money-king, “shy” at making public speeches, home, supporting Block We! WOR. It was reprinted in the New| accustomed only to the palaces of kings and drawing rooms of million- | print Morgan’s speech as reported the ist Party, on April 4, 1932 “I have told the commitiee which} asked me to speak on block-aid to-| night that I would only speak if I} could speak the truth as I see it, I speak for block-aid only because it promises some immediate help. in a desperate emergency, only becaust the right sort of support may obviate | some dangers thoughtful men feel,| only with the confession that it is; the shame of our city and our so-/ ciety that we have to resort to this | means at all.” “I do not think block aid intended | to be, or indeed can be a successful) a dime, gans. ers. Socialist Party. ent than that of Morgan. But let us seet Still less do I believe it can be that system the Communists | profess to fear. It is an attempt by volunteers to en- lis t sympathetic | support for the work bureau and other relief which on the whole is} being as well and | humanly admin- istered as funds permit, and which may cease opera- tion without this aid. When men high in this ad- ministration of | relief speak out as candidly and boldiy as Mr. W. H.| Matthews has recently spoken, there is in that fact assurance that funds will be decently used.” employed). again, Thomas ialist war. concerning block aid? NO. has now established. aires, agrees to speak over the radio on “aid to the poor’. needs 60 servants on his palatial yacht when going to sea makes an “‘ap- peal” that “we must all share alike”. The man whose claws stretch over an empire of sixty billions of dol- lars has not paid a penny in taxes for the last three years., He wants to share with the unemployed. He counsels the workers whose wages he is responsible for slashing; “You, fellow-workers who worry how to spread the m@agre wage to feed your family for the whole week, give I, J. P., will also donate a dime”, But the working class is learning what to expect from the Mor- | Is learning in the heat of the class struggle that every victory | gained was only snatched by our organized power. shop was made by a strike through struggle. The bourgeoisje therefore needs those who pretend to lead the work- One whose language seems to be in opposition to th ruling class. Who is more suitable for this job than Norman Thomas, leader of the Surely if Thomas makes the speech, it must be differ- Morgan says that relief must be given by “those who have little” and “those who have much”. nificent thing about the crisis is the generosity of the poor to the poor.” | Both agree that the poor (part-time worker) must feed the poor (un- | According to Thomas this is a “socialist opinion of block “aid”. Why did Thomas run to the defense of Morgan? era rn. only because the right sort of support may obviate some dangers thoughtful men feel, only with the confession that it is a shame of our city and society that we have to resort to this means at all.” | Thomas sees “some dangers” of “thoughtful men” and rushes to save “our society’—capitalist society. This is the role 6f Thomas and of the Socialist Party—it is the theory of the Second International to save capi- talist society. The society of hunger for the toiling masses and imper- Is it accidental that Morgan and Thomas met on a common ground Thomas and Hillquit rushed to congratu- late President Roosevelt immediately following his inauguration. Thomas approved the establishment of “reforestration’ camps which Roosevelt AS They Want to Burden the ly P. MORGAN ON BLOCK AID Poor to Save the Rich from Paying Jobless Insurance In adjoining columns we reprint the radio speeches.of Norman Thomas and J. P. Morgan on Block Aid made last year. of the recent Morgan investigation. gether to make speeches supporting the same cause? which binds the foremost head of the capitalist class with the foremost ON BLOCK AID “The block aid is the right idea. It involves going to everybody—to those who have little and to those who have much. . .” They are timely in light i, P. MORGAN: What brought these two men to- . What is the link Two days before Norman Thomas made his radio speech in support of the Block Aid campaign, J. P. Mor- following day in the New York Times Morgan who of March 24, 1932. “We have reached a point where the aid of governments or the gifts of individuals, no matter how gen- __erous, are insuffi- E cient to meet the conditions which have come upon sae us.” So we must all do our bit. The ‘block-aid’ is the right idea. It in- volves going to every body — to those who have little, and to those who have much— and asking for help for relief ea work in such Mor: small amounts =, that no one who has seen with his own eyes, or heard from others of the greatness of the need, will hesitate to give the sum asked for, | “In collecting the funds the Block- Aider will not ask for large sums which would be embarrassing to those who earn moderate salaries. Most | people will be asked for 10 cents a week for 20 weeks. Those who feel they can afford it without undue hardship may give 25 cents, 50 cents or $1. | Breat sum of money from compara- tively few people. Every gain in the Thomas adds “the most mag- Let us quote which a great sum may be raised over a period of months and with- out undue hardship on any giver; and a sum coming from a far greater | number of people that has ever be- fore been brought into one common aaa eed oe, Se cae The need for federal unemployment insurance is the most urgent eee for the good of the commu- he does not already know it, that ‘the co ie millions of workers. Saad only be gotten by taxing ae most magnificent thing about the| rich, by taking the millions now spent for war preparations to be use , crisis is the generosity of the poor to} for the unemployed. From Workers the poor.” But the Morgans and their government will not part with a penny “But of this I was not asked to| for the unemployed. This we can only get through struggle. Unemployment speak, but only of a Socialist opinion of block-aid. And this I have given. To our shame block-aid is necessary if relief is not to stop while -more adequate plans are made. To work) at block-aid for those not more use-| fully employed at more fundamental | tasks is good provided the volunteer workers, this struggle. To win this vital need is the task of the employed and unemployed The Communist Party, the Trade Union Unity League, the Unemployed Councils and other militant organizations have carried on What is necessary is the widest mobilization of the un- organized who comprise the largest section of the workers together with the organized in a broad united front movement to\force the government to adopt the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill. Insurance Bill That a system of federal govern- ment insurance be immediately es- tablished by an act of congress and made immediately effective, guaran- teeing the average wages in the re- workers remember what democracy and brotherhood really mean.” | St. George Unions Win Relief for Jobless! SAINT GEORGE, Ma. — Following | the refusal of the state to give relief) to the unemployed here, the local) trade unions joined together to make | this demand. The state officials then | changed their minds and admitted | the need of relief. A family of two} only through organization. | j spective industries and territories in the United States. The unemploy- | ment insurance shell not be less than $10 weekly for adult workers, $3 for | each dependent, to all workers wholly | unemployed through no fault of their |own, for the entire period of unem- | ployment.” “Insurance at the expense of the employers and the government—that | the full funds now set aside for war | Preparations and by taxation upon incomes over $5,000 a year. In no in- stance shall there be any contribu- tions levied upon the workers—in any form whatsoever for this insurance. It 1s not a plan to raise a| But it is the only} ; Plan that I have seen or heard of by| Tax the Capitalists to Provide Federal Unemployment Insurance Why Does Capitalist Press |MORGAN AND THOMAS FOUND COMMON CAUSE 'The Meaning ot the Nationa Aid Socialist Rand School? : “Recovery . Act”’ Chief Aim Is to Attack Living Standards of} By CHARLOTTE TODES ARTICLE The National Recovery Act repre- sents the active, open entry of gov- | ernment into the affairs of the mo polists to enable them to fix higher prices and to achieve low tion costs and so main per-profits. It is a desperate attempt to “stabilize” indu and bring about the so-called recovery. The voluntary trade agreements made through the employers trade sociations will seek to bolster prices. But monopolies w higher prices for themselve: lower prices for the products they purchase. The fierce ruinous com- petitive struggle will therefore not be lessened but will become intensified and‘will sharpen foreign riv | Bernard Baruch, a Morgan f: and head of the War Labor tries Board in the world war has al- | ready declared that higher tariff walls are inevitable to prevent competition with cheap foreign goods which will | enter American markets at - prices | lower than those fixed. This accounts for the proposed amendment to the| bill giving the President the power to call for an embargo on foreign im- | ports. Lowering Cost of Production By Attacks On Workers “| But principally the objectives of the bill will be achieved through the | lowering of production costs by an- | other ruthless attack on the present | low living standards of the masses. | For this purpose provisions have been put in the Industrial Recovery Bill which permit the industrialists to | establish new low standards through | imposing minimum wages, hours, and working conditions which will be em- bodied in the trade agreements and e=forced by government decree. Mass Dismissals Obviously, if restricted production | } is a goal of the plan, and this has | been stressed by the administration | and the industrialists, fewer workers | will be required on the available jobs. | The trade codes will therefore be the| instrument for mass dismissals and} | the legislation and widespread use of the stagger plan. The minimum wage provision, pre- tending to raise slightly the level of those receiving hunger dole wages, will undoubtedly serve to bring the) higher wage scales down to a com- } mon bottom level. Instead of in- | creasing the “purchasing power of the | masses” as the government spokes- | men loudly proclaim, the codes will help to stabilize and make permanent j the existing low level of wages for | | the masses of toilers. Increasing| | prices, will further Jower the pur-| | chasing power of the workers’ wages. | already furnished an example of this. | Rationalization schemes and effi- | ciency methods will be introduced in | the effort to lower production costs, | which will have the effect of further | firing of workers. The R. . Bill has} ; @lready urnished an example of this. | Will “recovery” follow? Instead of ; the “re-employment of three million men” which Roosevelt promises, there | will be greater unemployment. In-} | stead of stimulating the wheels of| | industry, the recovery plan will help | | to lead to a sharper decline in in-| | dustry. Rationalization schemes will defeat the effort to reduce output and the goods produced can not be bought! r su- Indu: produc- | § the Workers by verished starving masses. fic provisions in the Act show e working class will be to accept these attacks. 8 7 of the Act declares “No em- ploye and no one seeking employment il be required as a condition of io employment to join any organization or refrain from joining a labor or- nization of h’s uwn choosing.” Un- der the guise of outlawing the yellow dog contract this clause actually out- closed union shop, and de- of the power to enforce rds since they cannot make membership in the union for the entire shop compulsory. dt out- laws the power of the unions to dic- tae conditions under which the work- ers shall be employed. It prevents the tion of the unorganized. In ions is Clause will serve to give legal protection to scabbing, But the bill goes further. It aims to prevent and head off strikes by lishing arbitration machinery. When the management and the workers do not agree on working standards the President has the final authority to “prescribe a code fixing maximum hours and minimum rates of pay and other working conditions.” Industries will determine the con- ditions of the workers, the govern- ment will wield its weapons of force over the workers to make them ac- cept. Only the company union com- pletely under the employers’ domina- tion will be recognized. The spokesman for the garment in- terests reveals clearly what the act will mean to the workers: “The terms of the new Industrial Recovery Bill does not mean that labor will dictate its own terms to the employ- er. ... It simply means that if labor wants to organize it has the right to do so and employers have no right to stand in the way. If they can't agree things will be just as in the past except that you (the employers) may have the added advantage under the bill that the government may step in and help both sides to a proper agreement, a factor we have not had in the past.” Smashing the Militant Unions The law declares that a worker will not be required to refrain from join- ing a labor organization of his own choosing, but he will be coerced into joining the organizations which col- laborate with the government's pro- gram, the reformist and reactionary unions. Militant unions will not ac- cept the starvation standards imposed by the government and industry. They will fight against wage cuts, against the stagger system and high- er prices. The militant unions will be the special target of attack of the bosses and the government for they are loyal to the interests of the work- ing class. All the forces of the bosses and the government will be unleashed to outlaw the militant unions, to break strikes and to halt developing struggles. The army, navy and courts will be used more than ever by the government against the fighters for the working class. No more able assistance in smash- ing the militant unions will be given the government and the employers than that of the leaders of the re- formist and reactionary unions, the Hillmans, Greens, and Wolls. (To Be Continued) ‘SOCIAL DEMOCRACY IN WORDS CLAIMS TO LEAD TO SOCIALISM, IN REALITY LEADS YOU TO FASCISM’ of Young Communist International for Unity in Struggle Against Fascism and War. Together with their German brothers in class and struggle, the working youth of the whole world should see that fascism is becoming aggressive and that this danger is growing in their own countries. Young workers—Boys and girls! _ Have you understood through the experiences of the struggle of the| German working class, who clears the road for fascism in your own untry? Have you understood that the acherous path of the German So- ‘ial-Democracy was and is the path of the whole of the Second Interna- tional and the YSI? Youth of Austria, Czechoslovakia and other countries, is it not plain to you why the Social-Democratic Party and Socialist Youth organiza- tions prohibit you from struggling together with the Communists and the YCLers against fascism? Do you not remember that the Social-Democracy itself declared that they are the “physicians” of capi- talism? Is it not clear to you yet, young workers and working girls, that the Social-Democracy IN WORDS claims to lead you to Socialism, IN REAL- ITY lead you ‘to fascism? Young workers and working girls, through the example of Germany and in your owf country you see that only the Communist Party and its closest helper—the Young Com- munist League—firmly and consis- tently, in spite of terror and perse- ution, organizes the united front of broad masses of the proletariat | toilers for the struggle against ‘papital,.for the dictatorship of the proletariat, for Socialism. Social Fascism Working Youth Comrades in class and struggle! ‘The Young Communist Interna- tional in your name, in the name of thousands of our brothers languish- ing in the fascist dungeons, brand with shame the Young Socialist In- - ternational, which is disarming the working youth in front of the class Wwe. ask the leaders of the ¥.8.1.! In the name of ‘whose interests do rou prohibit the local organizations arid rank and ‘file members from ling against fascism hand in eich with Communist youth? Sik ‘Whom do you serve, prohi our members~ to unite with the Second Appeal Y¥CLers for the carrying out of strikes against wage cuts, worsening of la- bor conditions and dismissal from the factories, against forced labor, against the infringement of social insurance, against the cutting and the abolishment of relief for the un- employed youth? If you are in reality for a united | front and believe that the “masses themselves should rule and decide their own fate,” why then do you throw out of your ranks anyone who not in words, but in action, has start- ed to create a united front in the struggle against the bourgeoisie and fascism? In your Congress in Prague you declared that only the “middle” path between Bolshevism and reformism can be the path to Socialism. To what in reality has this “middle” path brought you if not to a united front with the bourgeoisie and a mis- erable adaptation to the fascist dic- tatorship? Is it not on account of this that you are so tolerant towards all those who call themselves So- cialists and carry out a united front with the bourgeoisie? You have betrayed the youth in Germany and are betraying the youth in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and other countries, holding them from the struggle against fascism. In the name of whose interests? YCL Proved in Action What is the concrete path of Struggle you showed to the German YSL and the youth members of the reformist trade unions, the organi- zations which are being destroyed by the fascist bands? Where and when have you ex- posed the “socialists,” who are sit- ting in the parliaments, who are vot- ing for reactionary bourgeois decrees, for the increase of military budget, for the curtailment of mses for social insurance and public educa- tion? ‘You declare that only by means of ap ger te ao Soeseiary class struggle agi e ie sie) can the unity of phe ar youth be achieved, We ask you on what basis do you, who concluded a united front with the bourgeoisie, want to have an agreement with us, with the revo- lutionary youth? ‘ Young Communist Interna- tional and its sections have not only’ declared but have proved in action that they are fighting for the crea- tion of the united front ONLY on the basis of an irreconciliable and merciless struggle of Class Against Class, We will not participate in any ne- gotiations from above and combina- tions behind the backs of the masses, but we will constantly declare that we are fighting and will fight for the organization of a strong united front struggle from below in the factories. workshops, forced labor camps, vil- lages and schools, farms and planta- tions. We greet every youth organization which sincerely and truthfully joins in our struggle against the bourgeoisie, but we will mercilessly tear off the the mask and brand with shame, as strikebreakers, those who, in the in- terests of capital, shielding them- selves with loud phrases, try to de-| stroy the unity of the working class youth. And we again declare that everywhere, where the fascism, we, the geoisie, against YCLers, will stand with them egy der to shoulder. United Front in Action You, young workers and working girls, should firmly understand Lenin's words that leaders should be elected and examined not by their Young Workers—boys and girls! On March 5, 1933, the Executive Committee of the Communist Inter- national, and after it the Young Com- munist International, made another effort to create a united front with the Social-Democratic masses thru the medium of the Social-Democratic Party and the Socialist Youth organ- izations. ‘The Executive Committee of the Comintern and the Y.C.I, made this effort with a fitm conviction that a united front of the working class against the bourgeoisie would break the offensive of capital and fascism and would quicken the inevitable end of any capitalist exploitation. Do you know, young workers and working girls, that the Social-Dem- ocratic Party, the Second Interna- tional in @he moment of greatest danger of war and growth of fascism have rejected this proposal of the Comintern? Do you know, that the Young So- cialist International and its organiza- tions, while babbling about unity, have not only forbidden its members to fight in reality against fascism, but are throwing out of their ranks those who united with the youth of other organizations in the name of Persons who make a pretense of| proletariat solidarity, was an out- being Socialists fear the unity of the| standing confirmation of the unity of masses at the time when thousands] the toilers in the struggle against of Social-Democratic workers and/| capital. Socialist | Youth will fight against the bour-| revolutionary class struggle? many rank and file Socialist youth This is-being done at the time when | organizations in Germany, Czecho- the class consciousness and the neces-| slavakia, Austria, Belgium, France, sity of uniting their strength against} Spain, England, U.S.A. and other monstrous unemployment, starvation,| countries are already, together with | and the cultural degradation to which; the Communists, Y.C.L.ers, and revo- | the bourgeoisie has doomed the work- | lutionary workers, fighting against ing class, is growing in the youth) fascism and offensive of reaction. masses. | May First, the international day of Young Communist League Statement on Appeal of Y.C.I. The stirring appeal of the Young Communist International for unity which appears on this page is of special significance for the United States. Here also the leaders of the Young Peoples Socialist League have in ac- tion fought against the united front—have sabotaged the growing unity of the youth,in the struggle against capitalism. On March 6th the National Committee of the Young Communist League proposed unity to the Y.P.S.L. leadership on the basis of imme- diate struggle for the ciaily interests of the,youth. Although two months have passed no answer has as yet come regarding these proposals. That is, no anwer in words—although, certainly in action! Action which de- cisively proves the real position of the Socialist leaders. A few examples: 1. All ¥.P.S.L. branches were instructed not to join with young Com- munists in united actions. 2. Four members of he Chicago Y.P.S.L., including the district sec- retary, were expelled for favoring unity. 3. The charters of the Chicago branches were withdrawn by the National Committee because they favored unity and refused to recog- nize the above expulsions. 4. The National Secretary, George Smirkin, was removed from of- fice because he participated in the Tom Mooney united front congress. The Young Communist League has attempted to do all in its power to remove all obstacles towards unity. In our proposals we even offered to refrain from criticizing the socialist leaders during the carrying through of joint actions. We also stated that all who stand in the way of unity, who break unity, must be treated as strike-breakers, as scabs. Do not the above actions of the Y.P.S.L. National Committee prove their po- sition? Is it not clear that their role is identical to that of the socialist betrayers the world over? Is it not clear that they play the role of strike-breakers—that they are destroyers of the united front? Young socialists! You are in favor of unity. This has been proven by your militant actions in the past two months, Continue to build the united front regardless of your leaders! Create committees for unity in all cireles! Demand an answer from your leaders! Join hands with the Young Communist League in a common struggle against American capi- talism! ~NATIONAL COMMITTEE, YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE. YOUNG WORKERS—BOYS AND GIRLS! | Look at Germany and you will see| | whose interests the Social-Democracy | and the Socialist youth organizations serve. For many years, the German So- | cial-Democracy, participating in | bourgeois governments and heading! the police apparatus, tried to disrupt the Communist Party and revolution- | ary workers organizations, thus weak- | ening the whole working class. A yer ago the German Social-Dem- | | ocrats, with the approval of the Sec- | ond International, called upon the | masses to vote for Wilhelms Field Marshal, Hindenburg, against the worker of Hamburg, Ernst Thael- | mann, Their slogan was then, “Who | Votes for Hindenburg, hits Hitler.” | The Treachery of German Social Democracy Thousands of young and adult workers, not believing the statements of the Communists and YCLers, that the Social-Democracy is disarming the proletariat and through this is clearing the road for a fascist dicta- torship, followed the Social-Democ- Tacy and its slogans. They believed that the Amsterdam | International and the leadership ‘of the reformist trade unions, called to defend the life interests of their members—the workers, would strug- gle against fascism, which carries with it hunger and want. . Nevertheless, on January 30th, when Hindenburg, submissively obey- ing the will of the bourgeoisie, fright- ened by the revolutionary upsurge and the growth of the influence of the Communist Party, gave over the pow- er to Hitler and his fascist bands, the Social-Democrats committed another monstrous treachery. They rejected the call of the heroic Communist Party of Germany, for a general strike and immediate, common action against fascism, Moreover, in the session of the Reichstag, on the 23rd of March, the Social-Democrats through Wels, cyn- ically stated that thanks only to its policy was Hitler able to come to power. They confirmed what the Communists proved as far back as July 20th of the past year, when the Social-Democracy was thrown out of the government by the bourgeoisie, and rejected the proposal for a com- mon struggle together with the revo- lutionary workers against aggressive fascism. Now the Social-Democrats implore | the fascists for the right to be in- cluded in the system of fascist dicta- torship. Again, as.before, it is rea to participate in all bloody actions against the working class and more 80 against its vanguard—the Commu- nist Party. Slavish Submissiveness to the Bourgeoisie Comrades! Already for three months unheard of brutal terror is raging in Germany. ‘Thousands of the best fighters are being tortured or have perished in the dungeons of fascist barracks for | the cause of the working class. Tens of thousands of young and adult workers, together with their | leader; Ernst Thaelmann, have been thrown without trial into jails and | concentration camps, | ‘The life of the imprisoned, as well | as the fate of the working class of Germany, is in great peril, A soldier's barrack with forced labor —this is what the so-called “national | revolution” has brought the German | toiling youth. | Unemployment, poverty, starvation | and the strengthening terror—this| characterizes the political and econ-| omic situation of the German young worker and unemployed. Fascism puts as its main task the education of the youth in the spirit of slavish submissiveness to the bour- | Seoisie, and this above all every young | worker and working girl of Germany should understand. words but by their deeds. Force your leaders to give a substantial answer to the accusations which we present- ed, and why they are against the) united front. Do not give them the possibility again, by means of empty phrases, the price of which especially the young workers and YSLers of Ger- many know, to evade a clear answer to the persistent questions which we put before them. And if you will be able to do this, you will see that your leaders have nothing in common with you, that their policy is the policy of your ex- Ploiters, and that they must be driv- en from the ranks of the working class as agents of the bourgeoisie. In face of the offensive of fascist reaction and the feverish prepara- tions of the bourgeoisie for a war nd an attack on the fatherland of the toilers of the whole world, the USSR. we YCLers call to you, young workers and working girls, with the appeal to consolidate the united front and get into the general struggle of the working class for its emancipation. The main weapons of the proleta- | riat in its struggle against the rob- bing of its wages and the worsening of the working conditions, as in the struggle against fascism, is the Strike, By means of the united front pre- pare strikes, elect struggle commit~ tees—STRIKE! Organize demonstra~ tions, meetings, mass _ protests against the compulsory attempts to fascisize and militarize the youth, against the starvation offensive of the bourgeoisie. COMRADES! In a few weeks the European Anti- Fascist Congress is gathering. We appeal to all youth organiza- tions and to you, YSLers, in spite of the sabotage of your leaders, to par- ticipate actively in the preparation and carrying out of this Congress, Your proletarian duty, young workers and working girls, is to or= ganize in the factories, in the Labour: Exchanges, in the forced labor camps, in the trade unions, and in the worke ers’ quarters, anti-fascist struggle. committees and send your delegates, to the Anti-Fascist Congress. We are firmly convinced that the young workers and working girls, ire réspective of their membership te varlous youth organizations, will fing @ common language at this Congress and will unite for the struggle against fascism. Young Workers and Working Girist Before you the question is put die rectly — Capitalism or Choose! With the Second Interna- tional and the YSL—to Fascism, or with the Communist International and the YCI—to Communism! i Strengthen the united front of the working class in the struggle against. the bourgeoisie. Join the ranks of the only revolutionary youth organ- ization—the YCL! The Executive Committee of the Young International, a